News from Berwick

BERWICK — Leo Talanca has one goal in starting a boxing club here: to get kids thinking, not fighting.

“We want to create a safe environment … to keep these kids off the streets, keep...

BERWICK — The track and turf stadium next to Salem Elementary now has an official name: Senator John R. Gordner Stadium.

School directors unanimously voted to name the facility for...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3:

Nov. 27

• 8:33 a.m. — 1000 block Susquehanna Avenue, trespass

• 8:53 a.m. —...

BERWICK — There will be an opening on the Berwick Area School District board since Director Brian Seely announced his upcoming resignation.

Seely, who is serving his...

BERWICK — Some school directors here want to look at pulling out of Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.

Others want to stay in the joint program, but offer additional vocational courses for...

BERWICK — School directors here plan to hire an architect to see if Nescopeck Elementary is worth repairing and renovating or should be closed.

The board is far from deciding the future...

BERWICK — The following civil lawsuits were recently filed with Berwick District Judge Richard Knecht.

Sometimes, such cases are settled before they are heard in court...

BERWICK — A Berwick driver left a path of destruction on West Front Street here Monday night, tearing a chunk out of one utility pole, smashing into a Jeep, then slamming into another utility...

BERWICK — Here are Berwick Middle School honor roll students for the first marking period:

Distinguished Honors

•Fifth grade — Rebecca...

BERWICK — Philadelphia Flyers games are now available in more places and on more screens than ever before, as CSN Philadelphia has introduced live streaming of all regular season games, along...

BERWICK — Bradley Benson, Danville, has been promoted to director of facilities management at Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital Center.

Benson will oversee all...

BERWICK — A 5-year-old spotted walking nearly 2 miles to school by himself in near-freezing temperatures told police his father had gone back to sleep and he had missed the bus.

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BERWICK — Here are Berwick Area High School honor roll students for the first marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grade — Antonio...

BERWICK — Berwick Police Department responded to the following calls from Nov. 20-26:

Nov. 20

• 9:15 a.m. — 400 block South Mercer Street, pole fire

BERWICK — A Berwick grandmother was charged with insurance fraud after submitting a claim for a crash that involved her uninsured granddaughter, court papers say.

Kathy Gregory, 67, of...

BERWICK — A Berwick driver and her passenger were taken to the hospital after the woman ran a red light and smashed into another vehicle, authorities say.

Andrea Appleman...

BERWICK — Pat Brogan has never shied away from a challenge.

Little did he know after a hit-and-run accident in 2001 that he’d be facing the biggest one of his life.

Brogan...

BERWICK — Matt Gillette admitted that he was feeling lonely at the front of the pack. The biggest obstacle he had to overcome was himself.

Once he did, Gillette made winning the 107th...

BERWICK — Dylan Gearinger has never felt more prepared to finish in the top seven at the Run for the Diamonds, something no Berwick native has done since the race’s inception in 1908.

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BERWICK — Two years after the Jaycees building was condemned, it has been reborn with a new name — Jingle Hall.

The Berwick Boulevard Association, which has taken over the building at...